Campus Update
July 2007
Huh: "We Had to Do Something"
University at Albany graduates think and
act globally, and use their talents to
better the world.
Carpenter Named to State Energy Task Force
David Carpenter, M.D., director of the
Institute for Health and Environment at
UAlbany's School of Public Health, and
professor of Environmental Health Sciences,
has been named to New York's Renewable
Energy Task Force.
Zikry Applies Game Theory to Global Economics
Emad Zikry, B.S. '72, founder of Vanderbilt Capital Advisors, recently warned the Capital Region business community that the stock market will become significantly more volatile in the future.
Exhibit Highlights Galembo's Mystical
Photographs
For some 20 years, UAlbany photography
professor Phyllis Galembo has traveled to
far away spots to photograph the visually
stunning costumes worn by traditional
priests and priestesses, carnival
masqueraders, dancers, and Haitian vodou
practitioners.
King 'Capitalized' On UAlbany Pre-Law
Experience
Even as a freshman in 2003, Chris King had
a goal and a plan - attend law school after
his University at Albany graduation, and use
the public policy strengths of UAlbany's
Rockefeller College to get him there.
UAlbany Faculty Organize International
Physics Conference
University at Albany faculty Kevin Knuth
and Ariel Caticha of the Department of
Physics, and Carlos Rodriguez of Mathematics
and Statistics, are among the organizers of
an international science and math conference
that runs July 8-13 in Saratoga Springs.
New Contemporary Exhibition Opens July 12
The work of two influential contemporary
artists, Judith Linhares and James Siena,
will be featured in a new exhibition opening
July 12 at the University Art Museum.
Gage to Serve on NIH Study Section
Timothy B. Gage, professor of anthropology
and director of statistics and computing for the
Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, has
accepted an invitation from the Department of
Health and Human Services of the National
Institutes of Health to serve as a member of the
Social Sciences and Population Studies Study
Section, Center for Scientific Review.